Job Description

The Internal Auditor will be executing internal audit projects, ensuring adherence to relevant standards, and producing thorough, unbiased reports that add value. This involves planning and conducting a variety of audit, review, assurance, and advisory projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan, conduct, and lead complex audits, developing criteria to evaluate business processes, performance, control systems, and accounting records.
• Manage agile audit project approaches, supporting less experienced team members and prioritizing work to meet audit objectives and cover risk areas.
• Ensure audit working papers provide sufficient evidence to support conclusions and comply with standards.
• Coordinate audit activities with clients' workloads and schedules.
• Estimate and report project completion times.
• Prepare draft reports for review by team leads or audit managers, and discuss drafts with clients.
• Provide input on team member performance when leading projects.
• Maintain a quality control system to ensure compliance with auditing standards and external peer reviews.
• Foster relationships and networks with audit clients, promoting collaboration across business units and transferring knowledge of risks and controls.
• Address and resolve sensitive situations arising from audits, escalating when necessary.
• Monitor the status of recommendations from prior audit reports and conduct follow-up reviews to assess risk remediation.
• Update the Internal Audit manual and templates as needed, reporting to the manager when updates are required.
• Support the Manager with oversight of audit projects.
• Assist the Manager in briefings and communications with the CAE, executives, and the Board
• Provide expert advice on the effectiveness and adequacy of the organization's and service providers' control strategies and systems, maintaining objectivity.
• Negotiate practical, cost-effective solutions to help business units meet their objectives.
• Offer technical guidance, gather information for specific audits, conduct interviews, present reports, advise on audit and control improvements, and negotiate action plans to resolve issues.
• Exchange information on audit and risk management matters with colleagues from the Ontario Public Service (OPS), the Broader Public Sector (BPS), and other sectors.
• Make ongoing decisions while performing audits or leading a team of auditors.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or professional certification (CPA, CA, CGA, CMA, CIA, CISA).
• Eight years of audit experience across performance, compliance, and financial audits, demonstrating strong leadership qualities..